ani781 wrote:Margaret Courtney-Clarke has traveled to remote dwellings in the Transvaal to photograph the art of Ndebele women, whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house.

A. whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography and in a style that varies from woman to woman and house to house
B. whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and their style is varying among women and houses
C. whose murals are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries are embellished with old and new iconography, and they are in styles that vary from woman to woman and house to house 52

D. with murals brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their style varies among women and houses
E. with murals that are brilliantly colored, their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new iconography, and their styles vary among women and houses


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In the source 700 SC, it explains as this option being the perfect use of an Absolute phrase.
Can someone pls explain me what is going on ?

theCodeToGMAT wrote:I remember i have solved this question earlier and my answer was wrong .. this is one of those question where i spent 30 minutes and i ended up with wrong answer
This question is a "double" Absolute phrase case
Absolute Phrase 1: "whose murals are brilliantly colored"
Absolute Phrase 2: "their geometrical symmetries embellished with old and new icono................"

{A} - CORRECT
{B} - INCORRECT; "among women and houses"
{C} - INCORRECT; "their geometrical symmetries.... and they are in styles that " Not Parallel
{D} - INCORRECT; parallelism issue -> Phrase - Phrase - Clause
{E} - INCORRECT; parallelism issue -> Clause - Phrase - Clause